Related
When I go to Active Sync and click Explore, I get a folder view that confuses me! There is no C: drive and I know there is two types of storage on my HTC Touch Diamond.
What is the My Windows Mobile-Based Device folder? If I double click that, I can see a list of folders, one of which says Internal Storage. Is that the 4MB of memory that the Diamond has? Or am I confused!
Thanks,
Jon
There is no 4MB memory but the internal memory is 4GB.
Yes, Internal Storage has 4GB
So does that mean the forlder called Internal Storage is the 4GB of internal memory?
Yes .
Remember that the folder is invisible while the Diamond is connected to the PC.
Thanks guys!
karlth said:
Remember that the folder is invisible while the Diamond is connected to the PC.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Only when connecting your phone as a disk drive. In active sync it remains visible.
I notice that a system file for a program has this:
[folders]
app="%SDCARD%/program"
If I want to store it in the internal storage folder, what do I change the %SDCARD% to?
Jon12345 said:
I notice that a system file for a program has this:
[folders]
app="%SDCARD%/program"
If I want to store it in the internal storage folder, what do I change the %SDCARD% to?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Iternal storage, but it is language sensitive, so you use the name displayed in the TD file manager.
if it's for iGO8 you don't need to do it just get the 8.0.0.44366 update and install
easiest way to determine which folder it is is to unplug the diamond and go to file explorer to rood folder
you will see a small sd card sign by the name of the folder,and that's the one,doesn't matter in which language,icon is the same
So %SDCARD% doesn't automatically look for any SD card on your device?
farukb said:
if it's for iGO8 you don't need to do it just get the 8.0.0.44366 update and install
easiest way to determine which folder it is is to unplug the diamond and go to file explorer to rood folder
you will see a small sd card sign by the name of the folder,and that's the one,doesn't matter in which language,icon is the same
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
How just to get this update? And should you know how to get the camera file, please include this as well. Thanks
Why is it when i download a file on my PC from the net i can't save it directly to my storage card?
Thanks,
Chuck
sinclac said:
Why is it when i download a file on my PC from the net i can't save it directly to my storage card?
Thanks,
Chuck
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
EDIT:
I misread that. Retracting my retarded advice
Dave
You can't save files to the phone with ActiveSync. If you want to save it directly to the card use a reader or a utility like WM5torage.
You can, if..
[END STUPID ANSWER]
You can, if you take the storage card out of the phone, put it in a card reader and plug that into your computer.. Then it should recognize as a mass-storage device and you can save directly to it!
[BEGIN STUPID ANSWER]
Not flaming, just being silly. The last poster answered your question.
Thanks guy for the Help, i just need to change my way of thinking.
Actually you can do it directly through the phone. The trick is to copy and paste the files in instead of dragging and dropping. It works fine for me.
-J
Yep, I second that - I'm using XP (dunno if it's different in Vista?) but you should have a 'Mobile Device' under the 'Other' category in Windows Explorer?
Just open this up like any other drive, you will see your My Documents folder in your system memory, double click on 'My Windows Mobile Based Device' to get to your phone's system memory root, you should then see a 'Storage Card' folder which you can then copy and paste to / from just as you would with any other folder...
Decided to flash back to stock(was using lag fix ext 2 + root/busybox, etc) and used the odin one-click method. flashed back to stock fine. Decided to flash the SRE v1.2.1a
Downloaded the zip, changed to 'update.zip' and rebooted into the recovery(stock) and selected reinstall packages.
It gives me the error:
E:Can't open /sdcard/update.zi[
(No such file or directory)
Installation aborted.
I've put the sre file on my internal SD card about 5 times now and know it's on there.
What gives?
Did you rename the file update or update.zip, if you included.zip then the file in on your sd would read update.zip.zip and I have seen this happen. Coonect your phone to your pc and mount it then look in the sd and be sure you named it correctly. Thats' where I would start and post this question in the thread so the developer that made this or someone there could help you.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=751934
Rhiannon224 said:
Did you rename the file update or update.zip, if you included.zip then the file in on your sd would read update.zip.zip and I have seen this happen. Coonect your phone to your pc and mount it then look in the sd and be sure you named it correctly. Thats' where I would start and post this question in the thread so the developer that made this or someone there could help you.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=751934
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Ditto, I've actually done this myself once so just make sure to rename it to just Update and save it and it still should be a zip file.
One thing that any of the instructions I have read neglect to tell you is that /sdcard is actually the root of the mounted sdcard on your computer so you don't put update.zip in the directory sdcard you put it right in the root.
jaseone said:
One thing that any of the instructions I have read neglect to tell you is that /sdcard is actually the root of the mounted sdcard on your computer so you don't put update.zip in the directory sdcard you put it right in the root.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
This is incorrect.
Update.zip does indeed go on the root of the internal SD card.
/SDcard/update.zip - this is the proper path
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=725555 (step 2)
OP - i expect your problem is the file name as mentioned above.
It goes in the root.... Thats how i do it!
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I897 using XDA App
I get the same message. I looked in the "Files" app and see that the card is named /sd and not /SDcard. Renaming it is disallowed. Could this be the problem?
If so, what next?
[Never mind; that directory is in the root of the internal storage and is not the same as the SD card.]
Thanks
Got it to work. On my windows system when I plug in to USB and mount the device I have two separate devices in "My Computer" for it. One is the internal storage and the other is the external SD card.
For my Galaxy S Vibrant update.zip must be at the root of the internal, not the external SD card. It won't find it if in the latter and it updates fine using the "Reinstall Packages" function when update.zip is placed in the internal root.
On a Captivate when we refer to the sd it is the root or we'll just say external sd when refering to the one you install in the slot inside the battery cover. This was a bit confusing for me in the beginning but sd is the root. I have been doing it this way since day one.
We have about 2 gig internal and 13 gig that the phone sees as sd or sdcard. Now that is confused when you add an actual external sd card. Mine came from my aria and and on my captivate it shows as "/sdcard/sd" I'm not even sure how my pc sees this.
The update should be on root of the internal 13 sd storage. On the phone it is /sdcard but on a pc copying to /sdcard/update.zip may create /sdcard/sdcard/update.zip but I haven't tried.
I use opera browser to download directly to /sdcard. So I'm not sure but I'm guessing what we see on the phone as /sdcard we see on the pc as root of a 13 gig external drive
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I897 using Tapatalk
ArcaneMethods said:
Got it to work. On my windows system when I plug in to USB and mount the device I have two separate devices in "My Computer" for it. One is the internal storage and the other is the external SD card.
For my Galaxy S Vibrant update.zip must be at the root of the internal, not the external SD card. It won't find it if in the latter and it updates fine using the "Reinstall Packages" function when update.zip is placed in the internal root.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
thanks for the tip i just updated the zip
I had this as well, (Samsung Galaxy S) and took a few tries of copying the file between my E: and F: drive - I have a Windows PC and both drives letter showed up E: ended up being the external SD and F: the internal sd card.
Also, my folder was labelled /sd and not /sdcard.
I tried a few iterations of copying and renaming the file to both E: and F: in /sd and the root folder "/" and nothing worked.
Finally, I took out the microSD, and then copied "Update.zip" to /sd and also the root folder (so both had a copy), and renamed it to "update.zip" (case-sensitive).
Then ran "adb reboot recovery" and was able to choose "update" and it worked.
Hope this helps someone
blackinches said:
Decided to flash back to stock(was using lag fix ext 2 + root/busybox, etc) and used the odin one-click method. flashed back to stock fine. Decided to flash the SRE v1.2.1a
Downloaded the zip, changed to 'update.zip' and rebooted into the recovery(stock) and selected reinstall packages.
It gives me the error:
E:Can't open /sdcard/update.zi[
(No such file or directory)
Installation aborted.
I've put the sre file on my internal SD card about 5 times now and know it's on there.
What gives?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I had this as well, (Samsung Galaxy S) and took a few tries of copying the file between my E: and F: drive - I have a Windows PC and both drives letter showed up E: ended up being the external SD and F: the internal sd card.
Also, my folder was labelled /sd and not /sdcard.
I tried a few iterations of copying and renaming the file to both E: and F: in /sd and the root folder "/" and nothing worked.
Finally, I took out the microSD, and then copied "Update.zip" to /sd and also the root folder (so both had a copy), and renamed it to "update.zip" (case-sensitive).
Then ran "adb reboot recovery" and was able to choose "update" and it worked.
Hate to bring this back up but ....worked for me ! aha i added another .zip to it ...makes me feel dumb
Hi,
I have a Samsung Vibrant and I've tried all options suggested here and everytime I start to phone in recovery mode and select "reinstall packages" it tells me "Can't open sd/update.zip (such file doesn't exist)". Here is what I've tried so far:
- Plug the phone on the pc via usb. I then see the phone as a hard drive and when I open it it displays 2 drives, one is the phone and the other is the SD card (called simply SD). I copied the update.zip file and placed it directly into the SD drive.
- With a micro usb to usb adapter card I copied the update.zip file to the sd card.
- I removed the zip extension from the update.zip file (I tried doing this on the pc and directly on the phone via astro file manager).
- I´ve created an SD folder on the SD drive and placed the update.zip file there.
- I´ve created an SDCARD folder on the SD drive and placed the update.zip file there.
- I´ve tried renaming the SD drive to SDcard (the system wouldn't let me).
This issue cannot be this difficult to resolved. I really want to install I new rom on my phone and it's very frustrating not being able to resolve such a silly thing. Can anyone help?
cheers
Rafa
rawfa said:
This issue cannot be this difficult to resolved. I really want to install I new rom on my phone and it's very frustrating not being able to resolve such a silly thing. Can anyone help?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
It sounds like your are putting update.zip on an external sdcard. Put it in the root directory of the internal sdcard.
opcow said:
It sounds like your are putting update.zip on an external sdcard. Put it in the root directory of the internal sdcard.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
How do I do that? I thought I was putting in the root...
Ok. I had this problem the first time too. Plug your phone into your computer(make sure you're in mass storage mode and usb debugging is turned on). A pop up should come up, click on view files. Paste it right there. Then try it again.
Sent from my SGH-I897 using XDA App
rawfa said:
How do I do that? I thought I was putting in the root...
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Maybe you were. Read what I wrote. If you are putting it in the root directory of the internal sdcard, then I don't know what the problem is.
When I connect using usb debugging mode the drivers do not show up on windoes explorer, although I can see them on the device manager console.
This is insane...I´ve tried everything and it still doesn´t work...and I bet it´s something really silly.
Hello I have Samsung GT-I9000 and I'm familiar with the phone, more or less. Recently I've bought a used Samsung GT-I9000 for my wife and I noticed that in file manager the shortcut for the external sd card is missing, same is with Root Explorer. I can access the external sd card by accessing the folder /storage and everything works but there is no shortcut. This has not been a problem until recently I wanted to upload a file to my skydrive folder which by default browses the sd_card_0 folder and I could not reach the external sd card. Please if someone could help me how to create a shortcut/link to the external sd card in to the build in sd card. I have searched for similar problems and solutions but I could not find any. Thanks
draganmk said:
Hello I have Samsung GT-I9000 and I'm familiar with the phone, more or less. Recently I've bought a used Samsung GT-I9000 for my wife and I noticed that in file manager the shortcut for the external sd card is missing, same is with Root Explorer. I can access the external sd card by accessing the folder /storage and everything works but there is no shortcut. This has not been a problem until recently I wanted to upload a file to my skydrive folder which by default browses the sd_card_0 folder and I could not reach the external sd card. Please if someone could help me how to create a shortcut/link to the external sd card in to the build in sd card. I have searched for similar problems and solutions but I could not find any. Thanks
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Hi tihis a know bugs (if you have ICS or later )
Anyway the solution may be the same, use directory bind (serch this app in xda) and create your shotcut where you want (root are needed )
try mnt folder. or make sure sd card are properly inserted. Any rooted file explorer can access to sd.
To make it clearer, this is the problem on the phone - the pointed folder is missing!
http imageshack.us/photo/my-images/843/screenshot2013052121135.png/[/IMG]
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
While in bookmarks I can access the card and all of its contents
http imageshack.us/photo/my-images/849/screenshot2013052121261.png/
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Thats why I'm asking how to restore the pointed folder on the first picture because on the phone is like this:
http imageshack.us/photo/my-images/4/screenshot2013052121302.png/
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I'm not allowed to post external links so please go to the quoted url.
EDIT: I forgot to mention I'm using the awsome Xylon 2.4.1 Jelly Bean 4.2.2 ROM for I9000
try to browse ur url but da img not available there
after http there is a blank field which needs to be replaced with ://
i ........ nevermind.
are u rooted?
to be sure, juz rooted da explorer by clicking setting in menu button, and redirect everything to /storage/sdcard1
ur sd and internal are quite there so whats da problem? all 4.2.2 version already in ext4 so da folder /external_sd doesnt been used anymore, its for GB, u can see it by going to properties of da /external_sd and see there will be no space available.
JB uses /storage at / to indicate da sdcard, its proper that way and easy to organise
at /storage, there will be 2 directories, /sdcard0 (indicates your internal and /sdcard1 (indicates your external sd)
as i see here, there is nothing wrong with ur pic and fone
edited: i use root explorer so its taking a while for me to download CMfilemanager (well, gonna change ROM after this so installing it not a bother to me)
da first 2 thumbnail is my root explorer, the other are da same file explorer as yours
see thumbnail:
To solve this problem I used SiMi Folder. see this link
I also found Smart Shortcuts, which I like even better. see this link
I'm having problems with the new sd card kitkat permissions, I have rooted my phone for that reason,I have applied the fix but nothing seems to make it work.
The sd card is readable, I am simply unable to write anything on it from my phone.
1. I am using a rooted device, no need to tell me a need a rooted phone.
2. I have used 2 different apps to modify the permissions file
3. platform.xml as been correctly modified
4. I am unable to copy files to the sd card from my computer when its in my Z1.
What is wrong with my phone and as this happened to anyone else ?
If you have 2 apps they may be causing conflicts
Please post a copy of your platform.xml
Here's a copy of my platform file.
That seems correct.
Try to create a file on your SD card using any explorer app that is not installed in system (i.e one you download from the play store)
If that works then the fix is working, it may be something to do with your PC
I can't create any files or any folder from ES file esplorer. I can't even create one fom file commander.
BustedHead said:
I can't create any files or any folder from ES file esplorer. I can't even create one fom file commander.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Try putting your sd card into your PC and seeing if you can create a file directly onto it that way
I'm able to create a file from a computer but only from an adapter, not directly in my phone.
Sent from my C6906 using XDA Free mobile app
I take it you mean that if you put your sdcard into a card reader or sdcard slot in our PC it works, but not when you are connectint the phone via usb cable
If so, what error does it give? Can you copy things off the card?
gregbradley said:
I take it you mean that if you put your sdcard into a card reader or sdcard slot in our PC it works, but not when you are connectint the phone via usb cable
If so, what error does it give? Can you copy things off the card?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Yes I can copy things to my computer.
If I try to delete something off of it, it will act as if its deleted but when I remove it and plug it back its still there.
This is the exact same problem I have! Something happens to the cards as 1 out of 3 cards is perfectly fine but something you do with the phone ****s them up permanently I think.